--- title: my mate says putting the shoulder belt behind ur back is fine cos it… — In the car: seat belts, car seats and… · tree and pragmatics description: my mate says putting the shoulder belt behind ur back is fine cos it's comfier. right? Test 19 · ★★ of lesson 268 «In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts/t19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [In the car: seat belts, car seats and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts/) / t19 # Test 19 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers my mate says putting the shoulder belt behind ur back is fine cos it's comfier. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, putting · **What happens:** say, put, be · **To what, where:** shoulder belt, back · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 268 «In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts/#t19). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t19:1 # text = my mate says putting the shoulder belt behind ur back is fine cos it's comfier. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 putting put VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 13 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 comfier comfy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 18 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **put** | gerund | | the shoulder belt | | ur's back | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent belt=Theme behind back=Destination | | 3 | **is** | present | putting | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | mate | | | | | comfy *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, it goes across the chest and shoulder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t19:o1:1 # text = No, it goes across the chest and shoulder 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | it | | | the chest and shoulder | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across chest=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, the lap belt is enough on its own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t19:o2:1 # text = Yes, the lap belt is enough on its own 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the lap belt | | | belt's own | | enough *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, on short trips ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t19:o3:1 # text = Yes, on short trips 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 trips trip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, comfort matters most ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts:t19:o4:1 # text = Yes, comfort matters most 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | present | comfort | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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